Separable garment-fastener.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

I. S. CLIFF.

SEPARABLE GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1906.

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IDA'SEARCH CLIFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DE LONG HOOK AND EYE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,-A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

SEPARABLE GARHENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1908.

Application fled June 15, 1908. Serial No. 821,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA SEARCH CLIFF, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and countv of Philadel hia, State of Pennsylvania, have invente certain new and useful Improvements in Separable Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in separable garment fasteners and it has for one of its objects to provide means whereby the threads or other means which may be employed to secure the socket or female member of the fastener to an article are'protected and. thus prevented from being worn or abraded.

If desired, In invention may also be applied to the stu member of the fastener, but as this member is of smaller dimensions than the socket member, it has been found in practice to be unnecessary.

Other objects of my invention will appear herein in the course of the detailed desc'rip tion of my fastener.

In order that my invention may be more readily and clearlyunderstood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of'this specificatlon, and in which,

Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a garment showing a fastener embodying my invention secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a section of the fastener with the parts assembled, the section being taken on a line corresponding to the line 22 of'Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section of the fastener with the parts assembled, the section being taken on a line corresponding to the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the socket member; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a stud member provided with my invention; and Fig. 6 is a section corresponding to the section 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing a modified construction.

In the drawings,1 designates the material or fabric of the edge portion of an article or garment of any character, which edge portions are adapted to overlap and to be secured together by means of fasteners. 2 designates the socket member of a fastener, which socket member is made according to my invention, and 3 designates a stud member of usual construction.

The socket member of my device consists of a plate which is of ring or annular shape and which ring is concavo-convex in crosssectlon. The opemngs 4 for the securing means, usually thread, are located in the socket member of the fastener substantially at the highest oint of the member, considermg the same om the convex side thereof. The material outside of the thread openi that is, between the thread openings and tIi e outer edge of the socket member, isdepressed, as indicated at 5 in the drawings, so that such points'of the fastener are in the same plane or substantially the same plane as the highest portion of the concavo-convex socket member.

As will be observed, the depressed portions 5 extend awav from the socket 6 of the socket member. The construction of the socket member ma be considered from two aspects, that is, the astener may be regarded as consisting of the socket 6 having a straight or fiat flange b means of which it is secured to the materia of a garment, which flange is provided with raised portions between the openings for the thread or other securing means. On the other hand, the fastener may be regarded as an annular ring which is concavo-convex in cross-section and which is provided at intervals in its outer portion with depressions, such as are shown at 5 in the drawings."

It will be observed that in the construction shown, the fastener is anchored to the portion of the article to which it is secured at points below the mouth of the socket 6. In other words, the portions of the fastener in which the openings 4 for the securing means are provided are in substantially the same lane with the highest portion of the groove ormed by making the member concavoconvex in cross section, and in consequence of which the anchorage portions of the socket member of the fastener lie flat a ainst the cloth or other material to which this member of the fastener is secured, the cloth itself being substantially flat.

The raised or upturned portions of the fastener between the thread eyes serve the purpose of protecting the thread against a large proportion of the abrading action to which the thread,by means of which fasteners of the character are usually secured to an article, is usually subjected. -By reason of this rotection, it is found that the thread will last a relatively long time.

In order that the socket 6 may be sufficiently resilient or flexible to permit themtry thereinto of the stud 7 of the stud membar 3, I have provided the radial slots 8 which extend into the material of the socket member, as indicated in the drawings. The distance to which these slots may be extended may be varied. All that is necessary is to extend them far enou h to secure the amount of resilience or fiexi ility desired.

' In Fig. 5, I have shown the stud'member 10 of a fastener, which member is provided with my invention, that is to say, the annular flange portion of the member between the stud 11 and the periphery thereof is concavo-convex in cross-section and is rovided at intervals with depressions 12 in ine with the thread 0 enings 13.

In Fig. 6, have shown a socket member 15 of modified construction. The construction differs from that of the socket member shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, in that the concavoconvex portion thereof is provided with a narrow rim or flange 16 extending entirely around the concavo-convex ortion. Generally s eakin this rim or ange need not be emp oyed, ut by employing it, a socket member of greater strength is produced, Which may be desirable in some mstances.

The figures in the drawings are made upon a large scale, and it will be understood, there fore, that in the fastener as produced commercially, the rim or flange 16 would be very narrow, perhaps one-third or one-fourththe width shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A member of a stud and socket garment fastener which is provided with an annular de ression and o enings located at oints sugstantiall'y in t e bottom of the said depression and also. with depressions in line with the said 0 enings and which extend transversely of t e said annular depression, the bottoms of the said transverselyextending de ressions being substantially in the same p ane as the bottom of the said annular de ression.

n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereunto signed my name this 13th .da of June, A. D. 1906.

- DA SEARCH CLIFF. In the presence of MARGARET E. STAOKHOUSE, J. BURTON STAOKHOUSE. 

